Inside Renault's F1 Tour de France

The return of the French Grand Prix is big news for a country with such a proud F1 history. ANTHONY ROWLINSON joined Renault and Nico Hulkenberg on the Cote d'Azur during their whistle-stop tour of southern France, ahead of the big event...

A balding, portly man leans from the balcony of his first-floor apartment, which overlooks the swooningly lovely Mediterranean bay on which the French seaside town of St-Raphael is built.

He's just seen a Renault Formula 1 car pull up outside the cafe above which his flat is located.